Newen Studios Group

What Newen Studios Group does

Newen Studios Group is a Paris-based audiovisual production and distribution group founded in 2008, operating across fiction, magazine shows, documentaries, animation, and digital/video-game cinematics. The group's core activity is developing and producing audiovisual content for broadcasters, streaming platforms, and other rights buyers in France and internationally, with an explicit focus on premium and internationally exportable formats.

Growth is executed primarily through acquisitions of independent production companies, with the brands retained post-deal. The portfolio includes Tuvalu Media (2017), De Mensen (2019, Belgium), Rise Films (2022, UK, producer of Oscar-winning 'Icarus' and 'All That Breathes'), Anagram (2022), Felicita Film (2023, France), Digital Banana (2023, wholly owned, video-game cinematics and animation), and a minority stake in Brain Comet (2023, animation). Acquired founders and producers (e.g., Marie Guillaumond at Felicita, Charles Beirnaert at Digital Banana) typically join the group, indicating a holding-company model that preserves creative autonomy under a shared distribution and corporate back-office.

The business model is B2B content production and rights exploitation, monetized through production fees, licensing, and distribution to French and international buyers. No public pricing, customer logos, revenue figures, or detailed GTM motion are disclosed. Operating geographies confirmed are France and the United Kingdom, with a Belgian presence via De Mensen. The company's own website (newencontent.com) is not actively presented, which limits external validation of the group's current scale and product offering.

Name

Newen Studios Group

Website

https://newencontent.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Newen Studios Group is a Paris-based audiovisual production and distribution group founded in 2008, producing fiction, documentaries, animation, and video-game cinematics for French and international broadcasters and platforms, built primarily through the acquisition of independent production labels across France, the UK, and Belgium.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Television and Film Production

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (51211), Motion Picture and Video Production (512110)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Content Studio & Creative Resourcing (In-house/Embedded Teams) (BPAFAIAJ)

Keywords

• Audiovisual production
• Television production
• Film production
• Documentary production
• Animation production

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Newen Studios Group is a French audiovisual production and distribution company producing fiction, magazine shows, television series, premium documentaries, films, and animation. The group operates through a network of majority-owned production labels across France and the U.K., serving broadcasters, streaming platforms, and distributors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Digital BananacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 November 2023Digital Banana, led by Charles Beirnaert, is known for its work in video game cinematics, animated series, and digital projects. The acquisition strengthens Newen Studios' animation portfolio and creative offerings.
• Brain CometcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 November 2023Brain Comet specializes in innovative animation techniques for series and films. The minority stake acquisition enhances Newen Studios' capabilities in animation production.
• Felicita FilmcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 October 2023Felicita is an independent production company led by Marie Guillaumond. The majority stake acquisition enhances Newen Studios' television and film projects in France and internationally. Felicita is working on the film 'A la hauteur' in post-production.
• Rise FilmscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 July 2022Rise Films is a London-based production company known for productions like 'All That Breathes' and Oscar-winning 'Icarus'. The majority stake acquisition supports Newen's expansion into premium documentaries and the U.K. market.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Banijay Group: Largest European independent TV production group, founded in France, operating a decentralized model of acquired production brands across multiple countries. Most directly comparable to Newen Studios in strategy, scale and French roots.
• Mediawan: French independent production and distribution group built through M&A, active across scripted, unscripted and documentary. Strongest head-to-head French competitor to Newen Studios in both strategy and geography.
• Studiocanal: French film and series production-distribution subsidiary of Canal+, one of Europe's leading film-sales and production houses. Comparable to Newen on French roots and the production-plus-distribution model.
• Endemol Shine Group: Major global TV production group behind formats and scripted series across Europe, UK and the Americas. Closely comparable to Newen in scale of acquired brands and international content footprint.
• Fremantle: Global production and distribution business (formerly FremantleMedia) producing drama, unscripted and documentaries across Europe and worldwide. Comparable to Newen in multi-format, multi-territory production and distribution.
• ITV Studios: UK-headquartered global content production and distribution arm of ITV, producing drama, entertainment and factual programming worldwide. Comparable to Newen as a multi-genre, multi-territory producer-distributor.
• Beta Film: Germany-based independent producer and distributor of series, films and TV movies, with strong co-production activity across Europe. Comparable to Newen on European scripted co-productions and distribution scope.
• Lagardère Studios: French audiovisual production group producing drama, animation and unscripted content, including a strong animation footprint. Closely comparable to Newen, especially after its recent animation acquisitions.
• All3Media: UK-based independent TV production group holding a portfolio of production labels across drama, factual and entertainment. Directly comparable to Newen's decentralized, brand-retained production-house model.

Broad incumbents

• BBC Studios: Commercial production and distribution arm of the BBC, a much larger, publicly-backed incumbent. Comparable to Newen as a producer-distributor of premium British content but operates at significantly greater scale and with public-broadcaster backing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/newencontent
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/newengroup

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A6 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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